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Owen your garden needs tending for 6 months

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posted on 26/12/11

Thanks for the 1 * Moses

posted on 26/12/11

Your welcome BWFC ....

Why didn't you post an article midweek?

posted on 26/12/11

I had better things to do like run my business Xmas is my busiest time of the year you know

And besides one win every 7-8 games or so is not going to keep us up you know do the maths even you must have enough fingers to add up our wins this season on

posted on 26/12/11

BWFC

What about Alan Curbishley? Would the Bolton supporters like him as boss. Other than that, you are probably looking at Mark Hughes, Steve Bruce, Steve McLaren, or even Walter Smith.

posted on 26/12/11

Mark Hughes would take this squad and keep us up..

Easily....


IMO

posted on 26/12/11

My Mum could do a better job than Coyle she would have better tatics anyway.

posted on 26/12/11

Sven.

If only so I could watch him work his magic in Ikon on a Saturday night.

posted on 26/12/11

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posted on 26/12/11

Why wouldn't you want to watch Sven in work in Ikon? I'm would prefer it if he wasn't BWFC manager however though.

posted on 26/12/11

Ikon doesn't have a garden?

posted on 26/12/11

It's not about who can do a better job. It's gone too far for coyle now. It has become clear to all but a few he is not good enough. So what's left for him. The cracks are showing in coyle blaming players etc. Wolves is now a bigger game for coyle than Blackburn. There were boos and coyle out chants. Lose at wolves and I fully expect to hear a massive vocal shift. I am not saying this is right but getting rid of a manager is rarely nice. Sometimes it has to be done if it's what is best for the club. It's not nice to see the scenes at Blackburn but how else do Blackburn fans get their message across.

posted on 26/12/11

As bad as it gets like 95 all over again.Owen what do points make ? well not prizes but a few draws here and there would make all the difference.Out of his depth that substitution well it highlighted a man completley out of his depth.Thanks Owen your a nice bloke,but go please with dignity/

posted on 26/12/11

With it 0-0 and a point looking the minimum, he decides to up the offensive options and maintains our 2 forwards....

Then at 2-0 down and a need to throw everything at them in hope..... He throws 2 strikers on.... In place of our 2 bloody strikers!!! Instead of going 3 up top he shows caution!

Caution was leaving Muamba on and seeing if Tuncay could do better with one of the front lads...

The last 10 minutes and we are pumping balls up to Kevin Davies who needs to try really hard... The same man not good enough to start the last 2 games for trying TOO hard..

But hey.... At least Coyle learnt from the Villa game... We need NRC and Muamba in the middle...

Oh wait...

posted on 26/12/11

Nun I wish he would to. If he left and came back with another team I would clap him but the longer he goes on the more he destroys our club and sorry for me it's bwfc over coyle every time.

posted on 26/12/11

Petrovino
I agree like the man dont know how anybody couldnt like him.But this is gone beyond a joke now.I have questioned for some time why we do not have a defensive coach yet 3 goalkeeping coaches,it actually scares me how a club can be run like this.Sorry to sound like a dinosaur but from the Villa game until Wolves match I have wanted 10 points min.Go and go now OC

posted on 26/12/11



People are treating this as one of the worst games we have played all season. It isn't.

First half they had all the posession, granted. But 2nd half we dominated, our defence played a high line and that gave Muamba and Reo-Coker a chance to compete. We go the ball on the floor and used it. Newcastle were never going to score in the 2nd half, until...

...Coyle changes Muamba for Eagles. Immediately we lose a grafter in midfield. Muamba and Reo-Coker got under Tiotes skin. We were winning the midfield battle. This absolutely epitomises Coyles mentality - far too attacking. 60 minutes in and we are on for a point. Teams at the bottom should not 'go for it'. You stick with what you have. We had a foothold in the game and were relatively comfortable. I cannot believe he made that change. There is nothing wrong with 1 point when you are 19th position.

Ridiculous decision to make that change.

Then it was downhill from there. The goal was a direct outcome of the change. Eagles came on and lost it, and then watched for a bit without following his man. I also think Muamba could've been in the box, at least pressurising Ben Arfa.

The game was won and lost there.

The mistakes are obviously disappointing. Left back is a problem, not particularly because Robinson isn't very good, but because every team targets him too.

posted on 26/12/11

Well said Rowbot - of course now though i expect someone to ask you who would come in and install a better mentality in BWFC.

Then someone will point out that we are surely better of buying fullbacks with the Cahill money, rather than changing the manager.

posted on 26/12/11

RR totally agree with most of your post but the reaction comes on the back of a good result at Blackburn and how crucial points at home against teams like Newcastle are at this point in the season.

That may explain people's reaction.
As to rest of post spot on 

posted on 26/12/11

I am not against Coyle, guys. I am against his decision to change Muamba for Eagles. Just awfully poor. He effectively threw the game away by doing that. Newcastle didn't do anything to change that game.

He isn't tactically inept, though. He just thinks we are far better than we actually are. It is even win and lose with him. A draw against Newcastle is a good result. We needed 4 points from Newcastle and Wolves, now we will be lucky to get 3.

posted on 26/12/11

Similar to what I said earlier dan.

It's come down to a choice between let Coyle buy a couple of cheap players OR get a new manager in who can work with our current set of players.

I don't think buying a couple of cheap players would make one bit of difference to our results.

posted on 26/12/11

The point still stands who are we going to get to replace Coyle? its all well and good saying he has not done his job and has not been good enough for the last half season and a bit after the cup, Points I can all get behind and say that they are reasonable. I am however saying that he has had some major obstacles in his way this season and the latter quarter of last season as-well to the extent that I am sympathetic enough with his plight and not sure enough with the available players to say things have gone any different.

Sacking Coyle for the sake of seeing him go however with no credible plan to replace Coyle is just plain stupid. We will need someone who is going to be an improvement and the options we have seen on here have been either unrealistic, unproven at the level we are currently at or have at best patchy records.

Looking at today's game as an example playing for a draw Is always going to be risky given our defence is at best a bit shaky and with the team needing a change to either shore things up more or create more chances and better use the ball we had few options. Our strikers looked isolated for periods and at others looked crowded out of the game as the right flank was basically devoid of threat with Mavies cutting inside and Boyata being a liability going forward we had few options other than Eagles to add width or replace a striker which probably would not have done much as they would still either be isolated or outnumbered if It was a like for like swap or just outnumbered if we replaced a striker with Eagles. I admit replacing muamba is a strange decision but I can see the logic it allows Mavies to still link up with the strikers down the middle but creates the extra width we needed to try and open them up. The other route was try to shut up shop but with 30 minutes left it is way too soon to do that and if we tried we were only asking for trouble.

And just to clarify I do not completely agree with all OC's decisions tactically but a lot of the have been beyond his control the team has picked itself largely because we have so few fit players and their have been other issues with members of the squad as-well. I am also yet to be convinced that their is anyone who will come to Bolton and be guaranteed to do a better job than Coyle given these circumstances as if you are all convinced Coyle is taking us down the last thing we need is a manager as good as OC or worse. Also I do not think we are going to go down.

The last point I want to make is lets say we loose next week, OC gets the chop and then the week after we get a new man in. Looking at our injured players a lot of them are due back in that sort of time frame or just after If the new manager does better It may not be him doing better It could be that he has a better Squad to work with, more options available and a bit of the New manager charm as well.

posted on 26/12/11

Coyle is tactically inept he is a modern day Kevin Keegan.

posted on 26/12/11

Rowbot I have to disagree with you saying Newcastle were not going to score second half if things stayed the same as I can not trust our defence to keep it together with Robbo at LB who is past it now and Boyata at Rb who looks cr@p and disinterested at times.

posted on 26/12/11

Sacking Coyle for the sake of seeing him go



How can you say this? If coyle is sacked it won't be just to see him go. It will be based on results.

posted on 26/12/11

I think I used a comparison with Keegan weeks ago and as time develops the more it stands.

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